XDDDDD. Ahhh...Georgia, how you make me giggle.
So, Dani's back in town, for good now. We're chilling this coming weekend since my alcoholic aunt is staying at my house. Anyway, we're hopefully going to try and finally go get pierced while we're hanging out. So, I go to google to find out about the local place that does stuff fairly cheap, 'The Vault' it's called. Anyway, I do a search for 'Piercings Georgia' and here's the lovely article that pops up 500 times.
Georgia House Bans Genital Piercings
ATLANTA - Genital piercings for women were banned by the Georgia House Wednesday as lawmakers considered a bill outlining punishments for female genital mutilation.
The bill would make such mutilation punishable by two to 20 years in prison. It makes no exception for people who give consent to have the procedure performed on their daughters out of religious or cultural custom.
An amendment adopted without objection added "piercing" to the list of things that may not be done to female genitals. Even adult women would not be allowed to get the procedure. The bill eventually passed 160-0, with no debate.
Amendment sponsor Rep. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, was slack-jawed when told after the vote that some adults seek the piercings.
"What? I've never seen such a thing," Heath said. "I, uh, I wouldn't approve of anyone doing it. I don't think that's an appropriate thing to be doing."
The ban applies only to women, not men. The bill has already been approved by the Senate but now must return to that chamber because of the piercing amendment. Both chambers of the Legislature must agree on a single version of a bill before it can go to the governor for final approval.
Now, the actual bill itself is rather admirable IMO. Preventing the mutilation of female genetalia is, IMO, a very good thing. But apparently, and possibly unknowingly, they've taken it a step to far.
Georgia House Bans Genital Piercings
ATLANTA - Genital piercings for women were banned by the Georgia House Wednesday as lawmakers considered a bill outlining punishments for female genital mutilation.
The bill would make such mutilation punishable by two to 20 years in prison. It makes no exception for people who give consent to have the procedure performed on their daughters out of religious or cultural custom.
An amendment adopted without objection added "piercing" to the list of things that may not be done to female genitals. Even adult women would not be allowed to get the procedure. The bill eventually passed 160-0, with no debate.
Amendment sponsor Rep. Bill Heath, R-Bremen, was slack-jawed when told after the vote that some adults seek the piercings.
"What? I've never seen such a thing," Heath said. "I, uh, I wouldn't approve of anyone doing it. I don't think that's an appropriate thing to be doing."
The ban applies only to women, not men. The bill has already been approved by the Senate but now must return to that chamber because of the piercing amendment. Both chambers of the Legislature must agree on a single version of a bill before it can go to the governor for final approval.
Now, the actual bill itself is rather admirable IMO. Preventing the mutilation of female genetalia is, IMO, a very good thing. But apparently, and possibly unknowingly, they've taken it a step to far.